Title :
Transient gratings in rare-earth-doped phosphosilicate optical fibres through periodic population inversion
Author :
Canning, J. ; Sceats, M.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Chem., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
3/30/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Transient gratings with R>96% at 1526 nm have been observed in Er3+/Yb3+-doped phosphosilicate optical fibres holographically processed with 193 nm light. These arise primarily from the index change associated with population inversion of the Er3+ ions
Keywords :
erbium; holographic gratings; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses; population inversion; refractive index; ytterbium; 1526 nm; 193 nm; Er3+ ions; P2O5-SiO2:Er,Yb; Yb3+ ions; holographically processed fibres; index change; optical fibres; periodic population inversion; rare-earth-doped phosphosilicate fibres; transient gratings;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950373
